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Odd Brain: Odhrain's Story. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A little boy with dyslexia and other learning disabilities shares his story...
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Oliver's New Friend by denise landry
A teddy bear finds a special new friend at a garage sale..
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Oliver. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A boy shares his story.
Image of anvil crawler lightning (c) 2011, by Karla Dorman...
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Olivia Begonia & Mr. Timorous Beastie by Carol Ekins
A little mouse finds her mate, gets married, and lives happily ever after
Story #1 of the Mouse series..
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On Courage... by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A little girl who wants to be a country music singer offers us tips on how she avoids stage fright and how she manages to sing in front of people. She is directing this to people who want to enter show business or become singers when they are older...
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On Courage...By Johnny, aged 10 1/2 by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A little boy with significant physical disabilities has had to learn to be brave throughout his young life...
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On My Own Terms, Or: Asserting One's Self (Another Rant From Ronee', aged 10) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A disabled child learns to assert herself in an uncaring world, and she demands to be treated with respect and dignity by others. She writes to those who torment or tease her, and she lets them know how she REALLY feels inside...
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Once Upon a Cat Tail by Susan Barton
A children's bedtime story
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One Of My Dreams...By Ronee', aged 11 by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A young girl has a dream.
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One Fine Spring Day by Thomasena Martin-Johnson
Listen To Your Parents..
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One Wish by Valerie Frankel
Jasper thinks he's figured out the perfect wish. But is it foolproof?..
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OOGO the Caveboy 1 by Christy Davis
OOGO THE CAVE BOY 1
FIRE
What would it be like to grow up as a caveboy? OOGO is a very inventive child whether he knows it or not. He takes everyday - one day at a time. ..
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OOGO the Caveboy 2 by Christy Davis
OOGO THE CAVE BOY 2
Fire 2
by Christy Davis..
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OOGO the Caveboy 3 by Christy Davis
OOGO THE CAVEBOY 3
by Christy Davis
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Open Your Minds #13: Coping With Juvenile Diabetes (As Told By Starlight Melody, aged 11 1/2) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Hi there! My name is Starlight Melody, and I will be 12 years old this year. My friends call me "Star"! I am like any kid my age, but I also happen to have diabetes.
Diabetes is a disease that people get when an organ called the pancreas doesn't work right. The pancreas makes a hormone (che..
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Open Your Minds #14: Spina Bifida (As Told By Oscar, aged 10) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Spina Bifida. Now isn't that a funny sounding name? Well, it may be funny, but it is anything BUT funny. For one thing, I happen to HAVE it. I was BORN with this thing called "spina bifida"!
For starters, spina bifida is one of the most common birth defects that strike children, and it is c..
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Open Your Minds #15: Living With Blindness (By Sun-Hee, 4 1/2) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
My name is Sun-Hee. I am four years old, and I am blind.
I was born this way; and I have never been able to see well. I was born in Korea.
When I was a baby, I came to America to be adoted (adopted, she meant), and I have surgery on my eyes to see if I could be able to see. It work..
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Open Your Minds #17: Facial Abnormalities (by Aimi, aged 9) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
My name is Aimi Jackson, and I am 9 years old. I was born with cystic hygroma, which has distorted (changed) my face. Because of this my face looks different.
I was born with tumors in my lower jaw, and they are unable to be removed because of their location. Trying to remove them would be ..
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Open Your Minds #19: Living With Quadriplegia (By Fair Allen, aged 15) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Hi! My name's Fair. That's right..Fair. F-A-I-R. (I think I was named because my mom conceived me at a fair..I DON'T know WHY I was named "Fair"!) But it IS my name, and I have since gotten used to it by now!
I am ALMOST 15 years old, and I have short, BRIGHT red hair and blue eyes, and I ..
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Open Your Minds #20: Coping With ADHD And Learning Disabilities (As Told by Rheese, aged 8) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Author's Note: a lot of the words in the following story are purposely misspelled. I wrote them as Rheese would write them. (As you will see, he has serious learning disabilities.)
Hi! My name's Rheese. I am 8 yaers old, and I ahve lernin disbility. I ahve waht is calld ADHD. I also am disl..
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Open Your Minds #21: Chronic Lung Disease (Cystic Fibrosis)..by Rhiannon, aged 6 by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Hi! My name's Rhiannon Cypress Marie, and I am 6 years old. I have chronic lung disease. I have something called cystic fibrosis, and it's affected me since I was a tiny baby. It has affected my breathing, and because of it I am often sick.
I was born with this, but the doctors didn't know ..
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Open Your Minds #22: Don't Judge Those Who Aren't Like You (By Johnny, aged 10) *Living With A Physical Handicap* by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Author's Note: Got the idea for this story from Michelle Kidwell. Thanks, Michelle, for the inspiration, and also a BIG thanks to my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ! :)
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My name is Johnny, and I am 10 years old. I also live with a phys..
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Open Your Minds #23: Living With Disability Every Day (By Ronee', aged 10) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
My brother, Johnny, just wrote something, and after I read it on the computer, I thought I had better add MY two cent's worth in!
Ronee' 's my name, and I am 10 years old; but Johnny and I are NOT twins (although I *AM* a twin!). But that's NOT why I am writing!! I am writing about somethin..
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Open Your Minds #24: Living Life As A Little Person (By Enriquesa, aged 4, and her mommy) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Enriquesa:
My name is Enriquesa Maria Elena, and I am 4 years old. I am a little person. I was born small. I will always be small, even when I grow up to be like mommy.
I was born without legs, which makes me look smaller yet. When I don't have my legs on (the legs I wear are fake,..
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Open Your Minds #25: Brain Damage (By Colby Ryan, aged 7) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Colby Ryan is my name. I am 7 years old. I have brain damage. I had meningitis when I was a baby, and it caused my brain to get hurt.
Because of my brain being hurt, I can't do a lot of things without help. I am in a wheelchair because I can't walk. I am retarded, and it takes time for me t..
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Open Your Minds #27: Lightning Injury (As Told By Lupe, Luis' Grandma..Luis' Story) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
My 7-year-old grandson, Luis Aguilar Romero Sanchez, was a normal little boy in every way until this past summer. Now he is totally different, not at all like the lively, vibrant child he once was.
Last July, on July 7, 2002, he was struck by lightning.
Ever since, he experiences h..
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Open Your Minds #29: Living With Heart Disease (By LaTyler Robert, aged 11) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
If I had a life, I would probably do things most kids my age do: play sports like football or basketball, run races, or ride my bike with my friends. But I can't do very many things because it could possibly kill me. You see, I have a bad heart.
I have had to live with this all my life. I h..
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Open Your Minds #32: Tourette Syndrome (By Vicktoria, aged 11) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A young girl of 11 years describes her life and how it is living with a serious neurological disorder that disrupts normal life for her...
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Open Your Minds #33: Autism (Gabriella, aged 3, as told by her big brother, Jose', aged 9) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A toddler struggles with everyday life and living with autism; and her older brother writes of the everyday challenges she faces. ..
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Open Your Minds #36: Coping With Kidney Disease (by Opri, aged 12) (Last in this series) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A young boy with chronic kidney disease tells how life is like for him. (He has had two kidney transplants and may eventually face a third if his kidneys fail again.)..
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Open Your Minds #38: Primordial Dwarfism (Jeremy, aged 3..as told by his mom) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Tells the story of a very special little boy who has an extreme form of dwarfism...
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Open Your Minds #40: Osteogenesis Imperfecta ("Brittle Bone Disease"--by Brianna, 6) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A young girl copes with having a significant disability that has severely stunted her growth and has had her put into the hospital numerous times...
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Open Your Minds #41: Coping With Albinism (By Antwon, aged 12) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A young African-American boy who has Albinism describes his condition and the problems he has because of it.
Got the idea for this story after going to church Sunday evening; there was a beautiful little boy who had albinism. He was African-American, but he looked white. He had really pale ..
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Open Your Minds #42: Xeroderma Pigmentosum (By Gigi, aged 13) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A young teenager with a debilitating rare disease talks about her life and how her illness has dramatically altered her life...
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Open Your Minds #46: Coping With A Parent's Death (By Quamar, aged 10) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A young boy copes with the death of his father. His father, Assad, died in the terrorist attacks in New York City, New York, on September 11, 2001. The family emigrated to the United States only a year before from Pakistan...
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Open Your Minds 16: Living With A Traumatic Brain Injury (By Hannah Joy, aged 7) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Hi, there! my name is Hannah Joy Sampson, and I am 7 years old. I am also a survivor of traumatic brain injury.
When I was 3, I was playing outside with my sisters, Sarah Grace and Jennifer Renee', and I happened to run after a ball that had gone into the street. When I did, I got hit by a ..
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Open Your Minds: Living With A Hearing Impairment (By Johnny and Mario) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Hi! Johnny, here!
(And don't forget ME!! Mario, aged 4 1/2)
I am 10 years old, and I am gonna' write about another problem I have BESIDES my muscular dystrophy, which I explained about the last time I wrote!
You may think I am okay other than having muscular dystrophy; b..
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Open Your Minds: Living With Leukemia (As Told By Anh Kim Van, Aged 15) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
My name is Anh Kim Van Sandusky, and I am 15 years old. I also have leukemia, which is a cancer of the blood. I have had leukemia since I was 11 years old, four years now.
Unfortunately, this is my second bout of cancer. I first had cancer at the age of six, but I had bone cancer then. It a..
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Operation: Ask Nicely. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A boy finds out that being nice to others goes a long way.
Something I need to learn myself. :/
Image of American flags (c) 2011, by Karla Dorman...
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Other Side of the Wall by Steve Groll
An innocent girl discovers an opening into a dangerous dimension where evil is waiting to feed on her...
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Our House by Glenn Buesnel-May
In our house, we have lots of toys, books and musical stuff. Find out what Dad does with them when he's sick, at home, and all alone......
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  Our Travels to the Enchanted Kingdom by Theodore Nottingham
An interactive book for the very young...
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Out of the Mouths of Babes by Christa Joyce
Everybody is crying today. They are all sad because the phone rang in the middle of the night. It rings a lot in the daytime but they don’t all cry when it rings in the daytime.
I am trying ever so hard to be good today. Aunty Kay said I should be a good girl. She said it is very impor..
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Outside The Big Pond by Paul Mc Cann
A story of an abandoned duck that miraculously finds a new home and friends . ..
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Over the Cliff--Matthew and Mason Mystery by Alan Cook
M&M Mystery #4. Matthew discovers a boy clinging to the side of a cliff and learns that he was pushed...
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Overhead With Mr Gashappy by Paul Mc Cann
OVERHEAD WITH MR GASHAPPY
By Paul Mc Cann
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Since Roger was out of nappies he really wanted to fly .
Not like a passenger i..
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Pablo: A Life of Crime and Making Money by Randall Barfield
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Paddy the talking conker tree by Valerie Boggess
Paddy is a talking conker tree that lives in the forest of Balee Patee and Maree meet up with him along their journey...
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Pair-O'-Dice. (Identical Twins) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Two young identical mirror-image twin girls share their story...
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Panama. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A girl shares her story...
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